Why Study a Foreign Language: Making Your Brain Stronger

Practicing Spanish

A colleague of mine likes to visit another site, http://www.mitele.es/. This is another great site to find shows and programs with which to practice the the target language. The more exposure you can get to your target language, the more proficient you will become. 

Studying Culture

Carolina Navigators

Another site you all should consider visiting is Carolina Navigators. Here you will find links to both video stories, photo stories and articles written by students who have traveled abroad and want to share your experiences. This is a way for you to connect with the more fun aspects of learning another language--the culture--without every having to leave the comfort of your own home. 

Accents and Symbols

Los acentos y símbolos 

Here are few more sites that might interest you. Many of my students are always asking how to make accent marks on the computer. Below you will find a few sites that explain how to make these pesky little symbols:

Computing with Accents, Symbols, & Foreign Language:PennState

StudySpanish

Or, you could try and make your keyboard an international one.

Microsoft, Windows 7
Microsoft, Windows 8

YouTube Channels

Aprender de una manera divertida

To help you learn Spanish better, I thought I would create this site. It is place for you to come and find resources to help you master this fun, yet challenging language. A good place to start is with YouTube. Below you will find some links to various sites that I find useful. My advice would be to visit them and if you like them, to subscribe. Subscribing makes it easy for you to browse through a particular channel.  Here are some of my favorites at explaining grammar:

Señor Jordan
Professor Jason
Jennifer Ray
Study Spanish
Señor Belles
Gringo español

Below you will find one that introduces vocabulary:
Kidsimmersion

Below you will find one of narrated stories in Spanish:
Bookboxinc

Finally, here are some links to Spanish shows that you might be interested in watching.
El Chavo del Ocho
Moranquissimo MoranquitoS

Also, you can visit iTunesU if you have an iTunes account and search for Spanish. A bunch of great resources will then populate on your screen, many of which are free.

I hope all of this helps are you try to navigate through the wonderful world of learning Spanish ;).